Prise en charge des compteurs fréquents et distribués

De nombreuses applications en temps réel contiennent des documents qui agissent comme compteurs. Par exemple, vous pouvez comptabiliser les "J'aime" pour un post ou les "Favoris" pour un élément spécifique.

Dans Firestore, vous ne pouvez pas mettre à jour un seul document à un tarif illimité. Si vous disposez d'un compteur basé sur un seul document et que ses incréments sont suffisamment fréquents, vous finirez par rencontrer des conflits au niveau des mises à jour du document. Consultez Mises à jour d'un seul document.

Solution : compteurs distribués

Pour permettre des mises à jour plus fréquentes du compteur, créez un compteur distribué. Chaque compteur est un document avec une sous-collection de "segments", et la valeur du compteur est la somme de la valeur des segments.

Le débit d'écriture augmente linéairement avec le nombre de segments. Par conséquent, un compteur distribué avec 10 segments peut gérer 10 fois plus d'écritures qu'un compteur traditionnel.

Web

// counters/${ID}
{
  "num_shards": NUM_SHARDS,
  "shards": [subcollection]
}

// counters/${ID}/shards/${NUM}
{
  "count": 123
}

Swift

Remarque : Ce produit n'est pas disponible sur les cibles watchOS et App Clip.
// counters/${ID}
struct Counter {
  let numShards: Int

  init(numShards: Int) {
    self.numShards = numShards
  }
}

// counters/${ID}/shards/${NUM}
struct Shard {
  let count: Int

  init(count: Int) {
    self.count = count
  }
}

Objective-C

Remarque : Ce produit n'est pas disponible sur les cibles watchOS et App Clip.
// counters/${ID}
@interface FIRCounter : NSObject
@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSInteger shardCount;
@end

@implementation FIRCounter
- (instancetype)initWithShardCount:(NSInteger)shardCount {
  self = [super init];
  if (self != nil) {
    _shardCount = shardCount;
  }
  return self;
}
@end

// counters/${ID}/shards/${NUM}
@interface FIRShard : NSObject
@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSInteger count;
@end

@implementation FIRShard
- (instancetype)initWithCount:(NSInteger)count {
  self = [super init];
  if (self != nil) {
    _count = count;
  }
  return self;
}
@end

Kotlin + KTX
Android

// counters/${ID}
data class Counter(var numShards: Int)

// counters/${ID}/shards/${NUM}
data class Shard(var count: Int)

Java
Android

// counters/${ID}
public class Counter {
    int numShards;

    public Counter(int numShards) {
        this.numShards = numShards;
    }
}

// counters/${ID}/shards/${NUM}
public class Shard {
    int count;

    public Shard(int count) {
        this.count = count;
    }
}

Python

import random

from google.cloud import firestore


class Shard:
    """
    A shard is a distributed counter. Each shard can support being incremented
    once per second. Multiple shards are needed within a Counter to allow
    more frequent incrementing.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        self._count = 0

    def to_dict(self):
        return {"count": self._count}


class Counter:
    """
    A counter stores a collection of shards which are
    summed to return a total count. This allows for more
    frequent incrementing than a single document.
    """

    def __init__(self, num_shards):
        self._num_shards = num_shards

Python
(asynchrone)

import random

from google.cloud import firestore


class Shard:
    """
    A shard is a distributed counter. Each shard can support being incremented
    once per second. Multiple shards are needed within a Counter to allow
    more frequent incrementing.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        self._count = 0

    def to_dict(self):
        return {"count": self._count}


class Counter:
    """
    A counter stores a collection of shards which are
    summed to return a total count. This allows for more
    frequent incrementing than a single document.
    """

    def __init__(self, num_shards):
        self._num_shards = num_shards

Node.js

Non applicable, voir l'extrait d'incrémentation du compteur ci-dessous.

Go

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"math/rand"
	"strconv"

	"cloud.google.com/go/firestore"
	"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
)

// Counter is a collection of documents (shards)
// to realize counter with high frequency.
type Counter struct {
	numShards int
}

// Shard is a single counter, which is used in a group
// of other shards within Counter.
type Shard struct {
	Count int
}

PHP

Non applicable, voir l'extrait d'initialisation du compteur ci-dessous.

C#

/// <summary>
/// Shard is a document that contains the count.
/// </summary>
[FirestoreData]
public class Shard
{
    [FirestoreProperty(name: "count")]
    public int Count { get; set; }
}

Le code suivant initialise un compteur distribué :

Web

function createCounter(ref, num_shards) {
    var batch = db.batch();

    // Initialize the counter document
    batch.set(ref, { num_shards: num_shards });

    // Initialize each shard with count=0
    for (let i = 0; i < num_shards; i++) {
        const shardRef = ref.collection('shards').doc(i.toString());
        batch.set(shardRef, { count: 0 });
    }

    // Commit the write batch
    return batch.commit();
}

Swift

Remarque : Ce produit n'est pas disponible sur les cibles watchOS et App Clip.
func createCounter(ref: DocumentReference, numShards: Int) async {
  do {
    try await ref.setData(["numShards": numShards])
    for i in 0...numShards {
      try await ref.collection("shards").document(String(i)).setData(["count": 0])
    }
  } catch {
    // ...
  }
}

Objective-C

Remarque : Ce produit n'est pas disponible sur les cibles watchOS et App Clip.
- (void)createCounterAtReference:(FIRDocumentReference *)reference
                      shardCount:(NSInteger)shardCount {
  [reference setData:@{ @"numShards": @(shardCount) } completion:^(NSError * _Nullable error) {
    for (NSInteger i = 0; i < shardCount; i++) {
      NSString *shardName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld", (long)shardCount];
      [[[reference collectionWithPath:@"shards"] documentWithPath:shardName]
          setData:@{ @"count": @(0) }];
    }
  }];
}

Kotlin + KTX
Android

fun createCounter(ref: DocumentReference, numShards: Int): Task<Void> {
    // Initialize the counter document, then initialize each shard.
    return ref.set(Counter(numShards))
        .continueWithTask { task ->
            if (!task.isSuccessful) {
                throw task.exception!!
            }

            val tasks = arrayListOf<Task<Void>>()

            // Initialize each shard with count=0
            for (i in 0 until numShards) {
                val makeShard = ref.collection("shards")
                    .document(i.toString())
                    .set(Shard(0))

                tasks.add(makeShard)
            }

            Tasks.whenAll(tasks)
        }
}

Java
Android

public Task<Void> createCounter(final DocumentReference ref, final int numShards) {
    // Initialize the counter document, then initialize each shard.
    return ref.set(new Counter(numShards))
            .continueWithTask(new Continuation<Void, Task<Void>>() {
                @Override
                public Task<Void> then(@NonNull Task<Void> task) throws Exception {
                    if (!task.isSuccessful()) {
                        throw task.getException();
                    }

                    List<Task<Void>> tasks = new ArrayList<>();

                    // Initialize each shard with count=0
                    for (int i = 0; i < numShards; i++) {
                        Task<Void> makeShard = ref.collection("shards")
                                .document(String.valueOf(i))
                                .set(new Shard(0));

                        tasks.add(makeShard);
                    }

                    return Tasks.whenAll(tasks);
                }
            });
}

Python

def init_counter(self, doc_ref):
    """
    Create a given number of shards as
    subcollection of specified document.
    """
    col_ref = doc_ref.collection("shards")

    # Initialize each shard with count=0
    for num in range(self._num_shards):
        shard = Shard()
        col_ref.document(str(num)).set(shard.to_dict())

Python
(asynchrone)

async def init_counter(self, doc_ref):
    """
    Create a given number of shards as
    subcollection of specified document.
    """
    col_ref = doc_ref.collection("shards")

    # Initialize each shard with count=0
    for num in range(self._num_shards):
        shard = Shard()
        await col_ref.document(str(num)).set(shard.to_dict())

Node.js

Non applicable, voir l'extrait d'incrémentation du compteur ci-dessous.

Go


// initCounter creates a given number of shards as
// subcollection of specified document.
func (c *Counter) initCounter(ctx context.Context, docRef *firestore.DocumentRef) error {
	colRef := docRef.Collection("shards")

	// Initialize each shard with count=0
	for num := 0; num < c.numShards; num++ {
		shard := Shard{0}

		if _, err := colRef.Doc(strconv.Itoa(num)).Set(ctx, shard); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("Set: %w", err)
		}
	}
	return nil
}

PHP

$numShards = 10;
$ref = $db->collection('samples/php/distributedCounters');
for ($i = 0; $i < $numShards; $i++) {
    $doc = $ref->document((string) $i);
    $doc->set(['Cnt' => 0]);
}

C#

/// <summary>
/// Create a given number of shards as a
/// subcollection of specified document.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="docRef">The document reference <see cref="DocumentReference"/></param>
private static async Task CreateCounterAsync(DocumentReference docRef, int numOfShards)
{
    CollectionReference colRef = docRef.Collection("shards");
    var tasks = new List<Task>();
    // Initialize each shard with Count=0
    for (var i = 0; i < numOfShards; i++)
    {
        tasks.Add(colRef.Document(i.ToString()).SetAsync(new Shard() { Count = 0 }));
    }
    await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
}

Ruby

# project_id = "Your Google Cloud Project ID"
# num_shards = "Number of shards for distributed counter"
# collection_path = "shards"

require "google/cloud/firestore"

firestore = Google::Cloud::Firestore.new project_id: project_id

shards_ref = firestore.col collection_path

# Initialize each shard with count=0
num_shards.times do |i|
  shards_ref.doc(i).set({ count: 0 })
end

puts "Distributed counter shards collection created."

Pour incrémenter le compteur, choisissez un segment aléatoire et incrémentez le compteur d'éléments :

Web

function incrementCounter(ref, num_shards) {
    // Select a shard of the counter at random
    const shard_id = Math.floor(Math.random() * num_shards).toString();
    const shard_ref = ref.collection('shards').doc(shard_id);

    // Update count
    return shard_ref.update("count", firebase.firestore.FieldValue.increment(1));
}

Swift

Remarque : Ce produit n'est pas disponible sur les cibles watchOS et App Clip.
func incrementCounter(ref: DocumentReference, numShards: Int) {
  // Select a shard of the counter at random
  let shardId = Int(arc4random_uniform(UInt32(numShards)))
  let shardRef = ref.collection("shards").document(String(shardId))

  shardRef.updateData([
    "count": FieldValue.increment(Int64(1))
  ])
}

Objective-C

Remarque : Ce produit n'est pas disponible sur les cibles watchOS et App Clip.
- (void)incrementCounterAtReference:(FIRDocumentReference *)reference
                         shardCount:(NSInteger)shardCount {
  // Select a shard of the counter at random
  NSInteger shardID = (NSInteger)arc4random_uniform((uint32_t)shardCount);
  NSString *shardName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld", (long)shardID];
  FIRDocumentReference *shardReference =
      [[reference collectionWithPath:@"shards"] documentWithPath:shardName];

  [shardReference updateData:@{
    @"count": [FIRFieldValue fieldValueForIntegerIncrement:1]
  }];
}

Kotlin + KTX
Android

fun incrementCounter(ref: DocumentReference, numShards: Int): Task<Void> {
    val shardId = Math.floor(Math.random() * numShards).toInt()
    val shardRef = ref.collection("shards").document(shardId.toString())

    return shardRef.update("count", FieldValue.increment(1))
}

Java
Android

public Task<Void> incrementCounter(final DocumentReference ref, final int numShards) {
    int shardId = (int) Math.floor(Math.random() * numShards);
    DocumentReference shardRef = ref.collection("shards").document(String.valueOf(shardId));

    return shardRef.update("count", FieldValue.increment(1));
}

Python

def increment_counter(self, doc_ref):
    """Increment a randomly picked shard."""
    doc_id = random.randint(0, self._num_shards - 1)

    shard_ref = doc_ref.collection("shards").document(str(doc_id))
    return shard_ref.update({"count": firestore.Increment(1)})

Python
(asynchrone)

async def increment_counter(self, doc_ref):
    """Increment a randomly picked shard."""
    doc_id = random.randint(0, self._num_shards - 1)

    shard_ref = doc_ref.collection("shards").document(str(doc_id))
    return await shard_ref.update({"count": firestore.Increment(1)})

Node.js

function incrementCounter(docRef, numShards) {
  const shardId = Math.floor(Math.random() * numShards);
  const shardRef = docRef.collection('shards').doc(shardId.toString());
  return shardRef.set({count: FieldValue.increment(1)}, {merge: true});
}

Go


// incrementCounter increments a randomly picked shard.
func (c *Counter) incrementCounter(ctx context.Context, docRef *firestore.DocumentRef) (*firestore.WriteResult, error) {
	docID := strconv.Itoa(rand.Intn(c.numShards))

	shardRef := docRef.Collection("shards").Doc(docID)
	return shardRef.Update(ctx, []firestore.Update{
		{Path: "Count", Value: firestore.Increment(1)},
	})
}

PHP

$ref = $db->collection('samples/php/distributedCounters');
$numShards = 0;
$docCollection = $ref->documents();
foreach ($docCollection as $doc) {
    $numShards++;
}
$shardIdx = random_int(0, max(1, $numShards) - 1);
$doc = $ref->document((string) $shardIdx);
$doc->update([
    ['path' => 'Cnt', 'value' => FieldValue::increment(1)]
]);

C#

/// <summary>
/// Increment a randomly picked shard by 1.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="docRef">The document reference <see cref="DocumentReference"/></param>
/// <returns>The <see cref="Task"/></returns>
private static async Task IncrementCounterAsync(DocumentReference docRef, int numOfShards)
{
    int documentId;
    lock (s_randLock)
    {
        documentId = s_rand.Next(numOfShards);
    }
    var shardRef = docRef.Collection("shards").Document(documentId.ToString());
    await shardRef.UpdateAsync("count", FieldValue.Increment(1));
}

Ruby

# project_id = "Your Google Cloud Project ID"
# num_shards = "Number of shards for distributed counter"
# collection_path = "shards"

require "google/cloud/firestore"

firestore = Google::Cloud::Firestore.new project_id: project_id

# Select a shard of the counter at random
shard_id = rand 0...num_shards
shard_ref = firestore.doc "#{collection_path}/#{shard_id}"

# increment counter
shard_ref.update({ count: firestore.field_increment(1) })

puts "Counter incremented."

Pour obtenir le nombre total, effectuez une requête sur tous les segments et additionnez leurs champs count :

Web

function getCount(ref) {
    // Sum the count of each shard in the subcollection
    return ref.collection('shards').get().then((snapshot) => {
        let total_count = 0;
        snapshot.forEach((doc) => {
            total_count += doc.data().count;
        });

        return total_count;
    });
}

Swift

Remarque : Ce produit n'est pas disponible sur les cibles watchOS et App Clip.
func getCount(ref: DocumentReference) async {
  do {
    let querySnapshot = try await ref.collection("shards").getDocuments()
    var totalCount = 0
    for document in querySnapshot.documents {
      let count = document.data()["count"] as! Int
      totalCount += count
    }

    print("Total count is \(totalCount)")
  } catch {
    // handle error
  }
}

Objective-C

Remarque : Ce produit n'est pas disponible sur les cibles watchOS et App Clip.
- (void)getCountWithReference:(FIRDocumentReference *)reference {
  [[reference collectionWithPath:@"shards"]
      getDocumentsWithCompletion:^(FIRQuerySnapshot *snapshot,
                                   NSError *error) {
        NSInteger totalCount = 0;
        if (error != nil) {
          // Error getting shards
          // ...
        } else {
          for (FIRDocumentSnapshot *document in snapshot.documents) {
            NSInteger count = [document[@"count"] integerValue];
            totalCount += count;
          }

          NSLog(@"Total count is %ld", (long)totalCount);
        }
  }];
}

Kotlin + KTX
Android

fun getCount(ref: DocumentReference): Task<Int> {
    // Sum the count of each shard in the subcollection
    return ref.collection("shards").get()
        .continueWith { task ->
            var count = 0
            for (snap in task.result!!) {
                val shard = snap.toObject<Shard>()
                count += shard.count
            }
            count
        }
}

Java
Android

public Task<Integer> getCount(final DocumentReference ref) {
    // Sum the count of each shard in the subcollection
    return ref.collection("shards").get()
            .continueWith(new Continuation<QuerySnapshot, Integer>() {
                @Override
                public Integer then(@NonNull Task<QuerySnapshot> task) throws Exception {
                    int count = 0;
                    for (DocumentSnapshot snap : task.getResult()) {
                        Shard shard = snap.toObject(Shard.class);
                        count += shard.count;
                    }
                    return count;
                }
            });
}

Python

def get_count(self, doc_ref):
    """Return a total count across all shards."""
    total = 0
    shards = doc_ref.collection("shards").list_documents()
    for shard in shards:
        total += shard.get().to_dict().get("count", 0)
    return total

Python
(asynchrone)

async def get_count(self, doc_ref):
    """Return a total count across all shards."""
    total = 0
    shards = doc_ref.collection("shards").list_documents()
    async for shard in shards:
        total += (await shard.get()).to_dict().get("count", 0)
    return total

Node.js

async function getCount(docRef) {
  const querySnapshot = await docRef.collection('shards').get();
  const documents = querySnapshot.docs;

  let count = 0;
  for (const doc of documents) {
    count += doc.get('count');
  }
  return count;
}

Go


// getCount returns a total count across all shards.
func (c *Counter) getCount(ctx context.Context, docRef *firestore.DocumentRef) (int64, error) {
	var total int64
	shards := docRef.Collection("shards").Documents(ctx)
	for {
		doc, err := shards.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		if err != nil {
			return 0, fmt.Errorf("Next: %w", err)
		}

		vTotal := doc.Data()["Count"]
		shardCount, ok := vTotal.(int64)
		if !ok {
			return 0, fmt.Errorf("firestore: invalid dataType %T, want int64", vTotal)
		}
		total += shardCount
	}
	return total, nil
}

PHP

$result = 0;
$docCollection = $db->collection('samples/php/distributedCounters')->documents();
foreach ($docCollection as $doc) {
    $result += $doc->data()['Cnt'];
}

C#

/// <summary>
/// Get total count across all shards.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="docRef">The document reference <see cref="DocumentReference"/></param>
/// <returns>The <see cref="int"/></returns>
private static async Task<int> GetCountAsync(DocumentReference docRef)
{
    var snapshotList = await docRef.Collection("shards").GetSnapshotAsync();
    return snapshotList.Sum(shard => shard.GetValue<int>("count"));
}

Ruby

# project_id = "Your Google Cloud Project ID"
# collection_path = "shards"

require "google/cloud/firestore"

firestore = Google::Cloud::Firestore.new project_id: project_id

shards_ref = firestore.col_group collection_path

count = 0
shards_ref.get do |doc_ref|
  count += doc_ref[:count]
end

puts "Count value is #{count}."

Limites

La solution présentée ci-dessus est un moyen évolutif de créer des compteurs partagés dans Firestore, mais vous devez tenir compte des limites suivantes :

  • Nombre de segments : le nombre de segments influe directement sur les performances du compteur distribué. Si le nombre de segments est trop faible, certaines transactions devront être réessayées avant de réussir, ce qui ralentira les écritures. Avec un trop grand nombre de segments, les lectures deviennent plus lentes et plus onéreuses. Vous pouvez compenser les frais de lecture en conservant le total du compteur dans un document de consolidation distinct mis à jour à un rythme plus lent, et en demandant aux clients de lire ce document pour obtenir le total. Le compromis est que les clients devront attendre la mise à jour du document cumulé au lieu de calculer le total en lisant toutes les partitions immédiatement après la mise à jour.
  • Coût : le coût de lecture d'une valeur de compteur augmente linéairement avec le nombre de segments, car l'intégralité de la sous-collection de segments doit être chargée.